Trouble, Not Double Engine: Lalu Yadav Slams Nitish Kumar Over NITI Aayog Index

Leader of Opposition Tejashwi Yadav also hit out at Nitish Kumar.

Former Bihar Chief Minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) president Lalu Prasad Yadav on Friday took a swipe at Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar after the state was adjudged to be the worst performer in the NITI Aayog's Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) index 2020-21. "Nitish is full of negativity. He closed down several health centres opened during my tenure as Chief Minister of Bihar and converted them into ghost houses and various school buildings have turned into garages. It is only because of this that Bihar has ranked the top from the bottom in the NITI Ayog report. The so-called double engine (government) has turned into trouble engine," Lalu Parsad wrote in a tweet in Hindi. Leader of Opposition Tejashwi Prasad Yadav hit out at Nitish Kumar. "Bihar has been placed at the bottom for the third consecutive year. This sums up the 16-year BJP-Nitish rule's progress on paper," Tejashwi tweeted.